Travel Blogs from Vinci

... went to the museum and later to Leonardo da Vinci's house, which was nice, but not that exciting. The views from the Vinci tower were absolutely magnificent and higher and better than other places which is hard to understand. Lunch was at a nice ...

... of Florence we found our first Italian Lidl which was quite exciting. Barry has collected about two cartons of cantuccine since getting to Italy. We found the Aire all too easily but it was closed. We parked on the side of the road while I went to check ...

Searching for Leonardo's ghost!
Our stop in Vinci was to see if we could catch a glimpse of Leonardo Da Vinci's presence somewhere in the town where he was born and grew up. The olive groves with their dusky leaves lined the hillsides along with the ...

... ! This trip was much more manageable since the bus ride was only about an hour in each direction. One word to describe Vinci: visionary. Honestly, for the first time I was finally able to see a town that actually looks like the stereotypical Italy! It is ...